International diffusion and postcommunist electoral revolutions

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-304

  Bunce, Valerie J ^a   Wolchik, Sharon L ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy promotion; Democratization; Diffusion; Electoral model; Hybrid regimes; Networks

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL CHANGE; POST-COMMUNISM;

EID: 33748534787     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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